Title:
The Goddess Who was Robbed of her JewellerySubtitle: Ishtar and her Priest in an Assyrian ColonyAuthor(s): DERCKSEN, Jan GerritJournal: AnatolicaVolume: 41Date: 2015 Pages:
37-59DOI:
10.2143/ANA.41.0.3127288

Abstract :
A sacrilegious incident involving members of the family of the priest of the goddess Ishtar in the Old Assyrian central colony Kanesh is reported to the priest in a letter. After a presentation and discussion of this document, the present article investigates the role of priests in Old Assyrian society and the evidence about sacred space in ancient Kanesh.